Biography of Concubine De of Emperor Kangxi

The Empress Dowager summoned the Six Palaces, with Concubine Tong Guifei as the head, down to the promise and the officials' daughters, etc., all stood in the main hall, and the Empress Dowager also sat upright at the top.I thought I was going to warn the Sixth Palace about the poisoning of Concubine De, but when the Empress Dowager arrived and knelt down to listen to the instruction, the old man actually started talking about Taizu Taizong, talking about it for more than half an hour, and all the people knelt until their knees became numb and their waists were numb. Their backs were sore and weak, and a few weaker ones fell down immediately.

Seeing someone fall down, the Empress Dowager sneered: "It's really delicate, can't I hold it up after a few words?"

Concubine Tong gritted her teeth and endured, and kowtowed: "The concubine will give me a reprimand later, and please calm down the empress dowager."

"The imperial concubine is becoming more stable now. She was too young in the past. Recently, the empress dowager and the emperor often praise you in front of me. Today I see that it is really different. In this way, I can rest assured that the emperor will entrust you with the phoenix seal."

When the Empress Dowager said this, there was an uproar everywhere, Concubine Tong was also very nervous, but the old man leisurely said the second half of the sentence: "In December, the emperor wants to seal the Sixth Palace. Noble concubine. The imperial concubine is the same as the deputy queen, and is the supreme position in the harem. In the future, if you are in charge of the Phoenix seal, you must take good care of the six palaces for the emperor. For example, the case of the concubine being drugged this time can no longer happen, heir It is the lifeblood of the royal family, and it can last and prosper, so that the Qing Dynasty can be passed on from generation to generation.”

"Congratulations to the imperial concubine..."

The concubines all congratulated, but Concubine Tong's eyes flashed a trace of disappointment. After all, Ama and the others failed to win the highest honor for her. Why didn't the emperor let her be the queen? It's not good for an upright queen to appear from the birth mother's clan ?Is she not virtuous enough, or is she not worthy of being a queen because she has no real offspring?

But these are meaningless. The empress dowager announced in public, which is equivalent to an imperial decree. She will be the imperial concubine in the future. Although they share the word "emperor", the queen and the imperial concubine are after all the difference between a wife and a concubine. There were congratulatory voices, she could only cheer up and accept it with a smile, and kowtowed to thank the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager, and such a lively atmosphere broke the dull and awkward atmosphere just now.

The Empress Dowager was sitting upright, and the Empress Dowager started to act. She gradually got used to talking to the concubines, and she was smiling gently: "The imperial decree has not yet been issued, and the canonization ceremony has not yet been held. You should still be called noble concubines." Everyone. Saying yes, the Queen Mother continued, "Naturally, Concubine Tong is not the only one to be happy. There will be an imperial decree to be promulgated in the near future. When the time comes, you will congratulate each other. You will be very busy."

Everyone's faces were filled with joy, but the Empress Dowager immediately talked about the spring draft next year, and it became unclear who should be the fourth concubine for a while.When mentioning that a newcomer entered the palace, the Empress Dowager once again talked about the De concubine, and then she smiled and said coldly: "You are the emperor's concubines, for the peace and tranquility of the harem, you should work together. Although the concubine's incident was the victim of her alone, it was the result of the unrest in the harem. This time it was her, and next time I don't know who should suffer. Each of you should reflect on yourself, and in the next three days, you will be in your own Stay behind closed doors and think about your mistakes, don't go out again."

The atmosphere in the hall became serious again, the Empress Dowager got up to leave, but she said, "It's warm here, you stay for half an hour, and think about what I just said." Wei Wei pointed to Concubine Tong and said, "Your concubine will follow you." I'm here, I have a few more words to tell you."

Concubine Tong quickly got up, but after kneeling for so long, her legs had long since softened, and she almost turned upside down in front of everyone, staggering to follow the Empress Dowager, leaving a roomful of women kneeling there, looking at each other, knowing that The Empress Dowager wanted to punish her, but she didn't dare to say it out loud, but after both the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager left, someone softly mentioned: "Since the Empress Dowager Concubine has made the Concubine the Concubine, the Concubine Wen should be the Concubine."

Concubine Wen knelt there, when she heard her being mentioned, she turned and smiled at everyone, "If it's as the sisters said, there will be a three-day banquet in Xianfu Palace, and everyone will join in the fun."

On the other hand, the noble concubine came in with the empress dowager, but the old man had nothing to say to her. The empress dowager led her to another room and asked if her legs were in need. After a few words of concern, she asked her to go back to Chengqian Palace. The noble concubine had to ask: "The Empress Dowager said that she has a few more words to explain to the concubines."

The queen mother smiled: "Just because you are noble, how can you kneel with them, go back."

"But..." The imperial concubine wanted to ask again, but the queen mother had already turned around and left. She rubbed her knees and withdrew. Qinglian was already waiting outside, helping her around the hall, and saw that it was full of kneeling women. Two people were not there, one was herself, and the other was Wu Yashi who was having a baby.

"Didn't Debi's child be saved? How angry is the Empress Dowager?" Concubine Tong could also see that the Empress Dowager intended to punish Liugong. Those who are not convinced, fortunately, did not ignore her dignity, and did not confuse her with other concubines.

When Concubine Tong Guifei returned to her bedroom, several court ladies were busy giving hot compresses and massages. After her pain subsided, she rested for a while, but it was more than an hour before she heard that the Compassionate Ning Palace was broken up. Qinglian said back and forth: "Less than half an hour after we left, the Empress Dowager ordered another charcoal pot to be added to the hall, and later said not to waste it, and it would not be too late to disperse after those pots of charcoal were burnt, so it took a full hour. In addition, during the half an hour of the empress dowager's lecture, the ladies couldn't stand up anymore, many of them were recited by their servants, and the empress dowager is too cruel."

Concubine Tong frowned and said incomprehensibly, "Aren't the Empress Dowagers afraid of making enemies for Concubine De by doing this? Because she was drugged and harmed, all the people knelt down to reflect on her. They pushed De Concubine to the forefront, aren't they afraid that this time it will be a drug, and the next time it will be poison?"

What she said was not without reason. The queen mother also asked her mother-in-law in private, and she even felt that the search of the Six Palaces was too much, but the queen mother said: "Someone provokes the majesty of the emperor. If Xuan Ye keeps silent Now, those people should be even more proud. Only by confronting the chickens and monkeys head-on can they shock those people. The emperor is in the light and they are in the dark. ?”

Besides, the Empress Dowager asked all the concubines to contemplate behind closed doors for three days, but there was no such order, and no one would wander around the palace for the next three days. The pampered women knelt for nearly two hours, their kneecaps were about to shatter. That day Taitai Hospital was so busy that it almost couldn't even handle the medicine here.Naturally, no matter how busy other places are, the Yonghe Palace cannot be neglected. The imperial doctor delivered the medicine on time, and after several tests, it was delivered to the mouth of Empress Debi.

Lan Qi was most afraid of taking medicine. Xuan Ye gave her some sweets and sweets to coax her. At this moment, the palace maid brought the medicine to her mouth. She frowned and finished drinking. When you are so delicate, you can just lie down for one night even if you have a fever, but when you become a concubine, you will tell the imperial physician to make medicine every now and then, your body is so weak that you are used to."

Right now, the people who serve her are all temporarily transferred from the Palace of Compassion and Ning, and Lan Qi can be considered to recognize them all, but they are not very fond of joking, and at this juncture, they are always stern-faced. When Qi said this, someone talked about today's lecture by the Empress Dowager of the Compassionate Ning Palace, saying that the empresses of each palace knelt for nearly two hours, and the imperial doctors were all busy, no wonder today's medicine was delivered half a quarter late.

Lan Qi was surprised when she heard that, and asked repeatedly: "Everyone, did you really kneel for two hours?"

The palace maid replied: "The imperial concubine is leaving first. Everyone below the concubine Wen has knelt in the Palace of Compassion and Peace for nearly two hours. After the Empress Dowager orders, they will shut their doors and contemplate their mistakes for three days."

"What is it for?" Lan Qi asked, but she suddenly figured it out, what else could it be for at this moment?Feeling uneasy, even Concubine Duan and Concubine Rong knelt down, Sister Bu and Dai Changzai also knelt, everyone cried so much just for her alone, how would she get along with others in the Sixth Palace in the future?

"Miss Debi, you should lie down." The maids came up and took away the big pillow behind Lan Qi, asking her to continue lying down. Lan Qi felt that they were difficult to get close to, but now she wanted to talk to someone, and her heart She was so fragile that she couldn't help crying, and asked them, "When will Huanchun come back, and how long will they stay in the Punishment Department? How about they come back?"

As soon as Lan Qi cried, the court ladies knelt down to plead guilty, which made her helpless and embarrassed. She covered her mouth and didn't dare to cry anymore, but she felt so wronged in her heart. After two days of suffering, she finally couldn't bear it. She pushed and spilled all the medicines on the ground, and she remained indifferent when the maid knelt on the ground, and finally called Xuan Ye from Qianqing Palace. She wanted to reprimand her, but she cried as soon as they met, which made the emperor flustered.

Lan Qi never likes to cry, let alone cry to Xuan Ye. The last time she cried so sadly was when Yin Zhen was bullied by the noble concubine on her first birthday and she was so heartbroken. Two years have passed, see her again Crying like this is actually more pitiful than last time.For a person who is at a loss for what to do now, and is still dragging a fragile and sick body that the fetus can't keep at any time, it's no wonder that Lan Qi can't hold on, Xuan Ye finally relented, and immediately agreed to her, and put Huan Chun and the others back .

"Don't cry any more. If you cry again, I will kill them all." Xuan Ye said solemnly, but then coaxed her, "I have sent Eunuch Li to Ningshou Palace to bring Yin Zuo back. , there is nothing unclean in the Yonghe Palace, you can safely raise your son by your side."

Lan Qi calmed down, but was still sobbing slightly, took Xuan Ye's hand and did not speak, only listened to the emperor telling her to take care of her body over and over again, she was stunned for a long time before asking about the empress dowager's punishment of Liu Gong, How should the emperor deal with herself in the sixth palace in the future.On the one hand, she is grateful to the Empress Dowager and Xuan Ye for doting on her, on the other hand, she thinks that they did not do it properly, and the contradictions in her heart are still inextricable, accumulated day by day, and collapsed today.

Xuan Ye smiled wryly: "How do you deal with yourself? Do you think Concubine Tong Gui has always dealt with herself?"

Lan Qi looked at him blankly, and Xuan Ye pinched her cheek helplessly: "I give you dignity to make you look down on others, why do you have to keep a low profile and humble yourself? Although Concubine Tong is arrogant in the eyes of others Domineering, but she is in a high position, and what she does depends on other people's eyes, and you will be the same in the future."

Seeing her half understanding, Xuan Ye smiled and said, "What do I like about you? Why do you say that and still don't understand?"

Lan Qi showed her arrogance, and said dissatisfiedly: "I understand, although it is a bit late. As long as I don't hurt others, don't be arrogant and out of proportion. Otherwise, don't take care of your own dignity. What happened will still happen, Huanchun and the others will still suffer, won't they?"

Xuan Ye patted her forehead, and said with a sigh of relief: "I have spoiled you, I should throw you into the harem for a few years, and you will wear a suit of armor to protect you if you get hurt all over your body." Myself." But looking at the person in front of him, his heart was soft, and he laughed at himself helplessly, "I just don't want to do anything, I would rather take the trouble to protect you, and I am willing to take any trouble."

Lan Qi finally laughed, she didn't know how many years this kind of care would last, but she was greedy for everything in front of her, just like Xuan Ye said why she had to be low-key and humble, why didn't she enjoy Xuan Ye's love, soft He fell into the emperor's arms, and gradually felt at ease under his caress.

Not long after, everyone in Huanchun returned from the Punishment Department. From her down, jade sunflower, moon, green beads, purple jade, and a few palace maids and eunuchs in the small kitchen, more than a dozen people were taken away, and they all ate for a few days. After suffering enough, the emperor reprimanded them with a cold face, saying that they deserved to be punished for not serving their master wholeheartedly, and then let Lan Qi deal with it by herself, and gave her a few more instructions before leaving.

As soon as the emperor left, only a few girls dared to cry. Xiangyue even came over and cried beside Lan Qi's couch, saying that she had been hit by a lot of boards and could not sit on her buttocks. She was talking nonsense, she would cry and howl when she was beaten, and the eunuchs were annoyed, so they didn't beat her very much, just beat us." While talking, she shed tears, crying and laughing, which made Lan Qi very distressed.

Don't be in a hurry to ask questions, send them to wash and rest first, wait for Huanchun to come back after tidying up before saying a word to the master, she pulls them to sit together on the bed, because there is no outsider around, Huanchun doesn't have the strength to resist, They snuggled together obediently.Lan Qi groped her arms and shoulders, and asked worriedly: "They beat you too, right? Show me, and I'll ask the imperial doctor to prescribe medicine for you."

Huanchun smiled weakly: "After all these years in the palace, the servants have earned their face, Xiangyue Luzhu and the others were beaten because of their stubborn mouth, the servants didn't get hit even once, because they didn't see the sun there, and they were tired of tossing around." .”

"It's all because of me." Lan Qi said with tears in her eyes, but Huan Chun also cried and comforted her, "How can you say such a thing, if it's not a drug but a poison, you're gone now, The servants don't want to live anymore. You stay well in the house, the soup and medicine are all handed by the servants, so it is our responsibility."

"At the end of the day, it's those people's fault." Lan Qi's crystal eyes flashed with a sharp light, and her expression became serious and strong, "Don't think about it, they don't want to bully me again."